The SaaS CFO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

SaaS revenue models are changing, and so should our SaaS metrics. A SaaS founder emailed me recently about the customer lifetime value metric. His SaaS company has significant usage revenue in addition to traditional subscription MRR. Customer lifetime value (LTV or CLTV) […].

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Blulogix

MARCH 20, 2024

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: Understanding the Renewal Process in B2B Subscriptions In the competitive landscape of B2B subscriptions, the renewal process is a critical moment of truth.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 7, 2022

Regardless of how big or small of a business you have, making the customers come back to purchase the product, again and again, is crucial to the businesses. The more they do, the higher is the customer lifetime value and in turn can guarantee an increase in the revenue, which you wouldn’t want to miss.

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User Pilot

JULY 13, 2023

In this article, we’ll go through how to measure growth of a company by delving deep into the basics, relevant metrics, and each necessary company growth rate formula. Conversion rate measures the percentage of users who take a desired action, such as converting from free trials to paying customers.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Most SaaS businesses adopt a subscription-based model supported by a recurring payment system. Setting up a recurring payment system can be complicated and requires the right tools to measure, manage, and review payments regularly. What is Recurring Billing? How Does Recurring Billing Work?

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Net monthly recurring revenue (MRR) growth enables you to calculate the change in your company’s recurring revenue on a month-to-month basis. As we will see in this article, there are several key factors that affect monthly revenue. A similar concept is ARR, annual recurring revenue.

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Baremetrics

MAY 18, 2021

The Baremetrics customer segmentation tool helps you divide your customers by any metric you choose. But what are the top customer segmentation metrics? All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business. Try Baremetrics free.

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User Pilot

APRIL 23, 2023

Do you know which product health metrics to track to achieve long-term success for your SaaS business? The right metrics and data will offer valuable product growth insights to help you make data-driven decisions about optimizing your products’ performance. Lifetime value determines revenue potential from each customer.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

There might not be an industry more addicted to its metrics than SaaS, and there is good reason for it. But how many SaaS financial metrics are you really tracking? Most SaaS companies keep an eye on churn, but do you calculate both revenue churn and customer churn? What are metrics? Revenue and expense metrics i.

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User Pilot

JUNE 2, 2023

Product adoption metrics tell you how well your platform is performing. By regularly tracking them, you can improve your in-app experience and drive higher feature adoption —which translates to more retention and customer loyalty. In this article, we dived into 13 important adoption metrics to measure. What is time-to-value?

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User Pilot

JANUARY 19, 2023

Do you want to measure your product’s success using quantitative metrics? You need to have a solid understanding of key quantitative metrics if you want to focus on and improve essential aspects of SaaS businesses like success measurement and customer retention. What are quantitative metrics? How do they differ?

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Incredo

JULY 14, 2019

Whether you are a startup owner, a manager of a growing business or the CEO of an established company, you might find yourself asking questions like “ Should our SaaS subscription model be monthly, annually or both ?” or “ What are the best tips I can get in terms of annual vs monthly subscription models ?”.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

To get the most out of the time and money invested into their apps, Shopify App Developers need to track the core metrics of their industry. What is a business metric? Why you need to track business metrics for Shopify App Developers 10 business metrics for Shopify App Developers 1. What is a business metric?

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Payment Solutions Outsourced Development Underperforming Technical Team Metrics 98

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Some Customer Success metrics are considered standard but there’s often more than meets the eye. Sales and marketing professionals that geek out on metrics can find themselves in deep philosophical debates about the best numbers to track. There is often more than one way to calculate a given Customer Success metric; Gaming.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 18, 2021

Overview Baremetrics Application of Baremetrics on Net Revenue and Operating Income Dashboards and metrics Forecasts Benefits of using Baremetrics Why Do You Need Baremetrics? Overview In general conversation, the terms revenue and income are interchangeable. These metrics are important in a subscription type of business.

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User Pilot

MAY 31, 2023

Not sure how to measure product adoption or what metrics to track? In this article, we’ll explore how to measure product adoption and twelve key metrics that can provide valuable insights into product adoption. Tracking these metrics is easiest with a digital adoption and product analytics tool. What is product adoption?

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Baremetrics

APRIL 13, 2021

Value metrics influence how much you charge customers for your SaaS product or subscription service. These metrics determine whether users consider your product or service a good value for the money. Track SaaS metrics with Baremetrics , the No.1 Track SaaS metrics with Baremetrics , the No.1

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User Pilot

MAY 17, 2021

With so many product growth insights available to every product marketer, it’s sometimes hard to understand which metrics are relevant and which you should be tracking to measure the success of your product marketing. What is a Product Marketing KPI metric? Customer Journey KPIs to track: conversion rates and velocity metrics.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 5, 2024

Key Definitions in Subscription Billing: Demystifying the Jargon By BluLogix Team Welcome to the fourth installment of our comprehensive guide on selecting the right subscription billing platform. Before we go much further, let’s go deep into essential definitions and concepts in the world of subscription billing.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

These renewals frequently go unnoticed, and managers and their teams only become aware of them when the invoice shows up on their desks. Afterwards, we will then see how SubscriptionFlow can help you achieve all of that with the ease of its subscription renewal management capabilities.

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FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

Last week, I canceled an annual SaaS subscription (I had three weeks left until renewal). Interestingly, even though I paid for a year-long subscription, the company didn’t let me keep the last three weeks of access to its premium features. This action will immediately downgrade your subscription.

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Totango

MAY 14, 2021

Customer retention is the keystone in any customer success strategy. There are many different types of customer retention metrics that one can track. Which customer retention metrics have the biggest impact on your business? Customer Retention Rate. The result is your customer retention rate.

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Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Confused about customer churn vs. revenue churn? Churn means lost money or lost customers. These metrics help you understand two different things: Customer churn — the number of people you've lost. Revenue churn — the amount of revenue you've lost. Customer churn = customers lost.

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Baremetrics

APRIL 6, 2021

When you’re looking at your business goals, you need to consider not only your existing monthly revenue but your contraction monthly recurring revenue (MRR). Contraction Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) is an extremely important metric for subscription businesses. Want to Reduce Your Churn?

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Baremetrics

MAY 26, 2021

While financial models are challenging for every business, SaaS companies have unique challenges and a focus on recurring revenue and customer loyalty. With Baremetrics, you’ll have everything you need to track, measure, and optimize your SaaS financial metrics. Get started with a 14-day free trial. Try Baremetrics free.

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User Pilot

MARCH 25, 2024

Introduces key metrics that can affect your company’s value. Shows how to leverage PLG strategies to boost the value of your SaaS business. It uses revenue and operating costs to determine the company’s value. To calculate the metric, add all 4 of them. Covers common valuation mistakes.

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User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

TL;DR The SaaS renewal process involves a series of actions on/before the renewal date that lead to a customer’s renewal. A good SaaS renewal strategy helps drive customer retention , increases the customer lifetime value , and improves your monthly recurring revenue.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 25, 2021

But, if you want to know why, you might need to read a bit more of this article — this article will dive into what are liabilities, what is deferred revenue, and how you need to document these values in your accounting. Sign up for the Baremetrics free trial , and start monitoring your subscription revenue accurately and easily.

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Baremetrics

APRIL 6, 2021

ProfitWell is a cloud-based app that generates real-time financial and subscription metrics for data-driven SaaS enterprises. The recurring revenue growth platform provides users with valuable insights into subscription funnels and one-click analytics for Stripe. But ProfitWell does not benefit all SaaS companies.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 9, 2023

It’s important to measure the customer retention rate to see how well your product retains customers and to monitor any changes to try and improve it. In this article, we’ll cover how to calculate retention rate, other key customer retention metrics, and how you can improve your retention rates.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Are you looking to enhance customer lifetime value, penetrate new markets, or transition to a subscription-based model? Step 4: Design Your Monetization Model With your objectives and customer insights in hand, design a monetization model that aligns with them.

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Analytics dashboards are the best way to monitor metrics that track each stage of the customer path. Design intuitive products with customer paths in Userpilot. How do you track each stage of your customer path? Customer journey metrics to track in the awareness stage Impressions. Website visits.

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SaaSOptics

JUNE 4, 2021

7 SaaS Metrics Every SaaS Company Should Care About in 2021. And with more popularity comes more confusion, especially over what metrics are most important to drive the best results. . SaaS Metrics #1: Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) . Use our metrics template to calculate your real-time numbers here.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Our guide explores: What exactly CAC payback is Why you should be tracking it How to calculate the CAC payback period for your SaaS What other metrics you need to track How to reduce your CAC payback period We also look at how Userpilot can help you do the job. Let’s get right to it! Book the demo to see how! What is CAC payback?

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SaaSOptics

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Based on a 2019 survey, Gartner forecasts that eighty-four percent of new software will be delivered as SaaS , and this percentage is expected to increase as existing providers transition to a subscription-based model. The main difference between accounting for a subscription vs. a traditional business is the method used.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JULY 15, 2021

ARPU is an acronym that stands for Average Revenue Per User or Average Revenue Per Unit depending on what type of business you run. For a SaaS business, it is the average revenue extracted per user and for any eCommerce or any other product business, it is the unit. That also helps in classifying high and low revenue products.

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Baremetrics

JULY 22, 2021

This is why PayPal users love Baremetrics, the ultimate business analytics solution that helps SaaS and subscription businesses monitor and understand subscription data. This article will cover PayPal’s metrics and reporting features, as well as how PayPal data can be better tracked in Baremetrics. Key SaaS Metrics 1.

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